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S«iond Letter on the State of Buenos Ayres. [April 1, 



suitable pteotartons of timber and other 

 frees. 



9. That parcels of land, calculated for 

 Villas, Farms, &c. containin;^ from five to 

 one hundred acres, shall be lotted and let or 

 sold by public auction. 



1.5. That the lauds inclosed, shall be 

 cultivated within years, or for- 



feited. 



11. That the Commissioners shall have 

 much regard to the cultivation of flax ; the 

 dressing- ^vill be a useful employment during: 

 the otherwise vacant hours of the labourers 

 in the winter season and in bad weather. 



12. Funds. The general principles of 

 this act, are to be such as are usual in 

 cases, where roads, canals, &c. are ex- 

 ecuted, and accordiuff, in a incasure, with 

 a certain act for improvements to be made 

 in the parish of St. 3Iary-le-bone ; also, of 

 an act intituled Exchequer Bill Loan Act ; 

 nor must we lose sight of the example 

 aH'orded iu 17Sm, and now in a measure 

 renewed by his Majesty, in the cession of 

 cerlaiu rights, and to which, a grant of 

 money has been added on Dartmoor, and 

 which on an object so important would 

 doubtless be followed by nobility and other 

 manorial lords, &c. &c. generally; for 

 which purpose, books to be opened for re- 

 ceiving donations and subscriptions in 

 money, or land. 



The outlines of (Iiis measure pro- 

 posed (o be laid by petition for a bill 

 before the House of Commons, may be 

 perused bv .i])plying at tlie King's 

 Head. Poultry. _ 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



SF.COND LETTER/rOHl BUENOS ABRES. 



AS the '• Lovchf JMariiu'''' will sail 

 for London in a few days, I sliall 

 not uiMjlect so very favourable an op- 

 portunity of sending you the few seeds 

 I have ijcen able to procnre sinee I 

 came to this country, during wliicli 

 time, the season of the year and the 

 unsettled state of tlie country, have 

 confined my observations almost en- 

 tirely to llie immediate vicinity of this 

 place. 



Mr. B. has written to you so fully 

 on tl:e politics of this country, whicli 

 are not a little intricate, that I shall 

 say very little on the subject, yet can- 

 not avoid regretting the numerous ci- 

 vil dissensions wliich during t!ie last 

 year so injured this country and les- 

 sened their government iu the estima- 

 tion of other nations ; these it is hoped 

 are now likely to terminate for some 

 lime, as the pr'-seiit government act 

 with more vigour than any of the pre- 

 ceding withthe exception of that of 

 Piievreddon. 



Kodriguez lias a very fair chaiacter, 

 and is supported by Roxas and Madrid, 

 both of them good soldiers, and what is 

 even of more importance, of good private 

 character. The events of tlie 5th iust. 

 which caused so much bloodshed, will 

 in all probability have an ultimate 

 good eHect, and will undonbtediy 

 strengthen the present government: 

 certainly the best for the country under 

 its present circumstances, 'i'he peoj)!c, 

 who are in general mcU disposed and 

 tractabh", are as yet not sulBciently 

 well informed and enlightened, to 

 enable tliem to prosper undei a more 

 republican form of government than 

 they have at present. For some time 

 toctime, all that is wanting for the pros- 

 perity of tlie country, is internal tran- 

 quillity, a strong and vigorous govern- 

 ment, an impartial administration of 

 the laws; these Mould give security 

 to jiroperly, and the ])opulation would 

 atigment rapidly ; with the inHux of 

 strangers information of every kind 

 would he introduci'd ; a national cha- 

 racter would be forme<l, and all the 

 more desirable consetpieuces would fol- 

 low in the course of a few years. 



The population of this province is a 

 mere nothing to the extent of territory 

 they possess, being only 220 thousand, 

 of which more than one half belong to 

 the city of Buenos Ayres. There is 

 nothing which can tend to improve the 

 country so much as colonization, an 

 event wliich I have no doubt will soon 

 follow a more settled order of affairs. 

 The government here I understand, 

 arc favourable to the measure, and 

 would grant to companies undertaking 

 to colonize, large tracts of country of 

 twenty and thirty leagues in extent, 

 especially to the South, Avhere the coun- 

 try is described as peculiarly suited for 

 agriculture, especially for wheat. The 

 further you proceed to the south of 

 Buenos Ayres, and in the direction of 

 Rio Negro, the finer the country be- 

 comes, has a greater diversity of 

 sceneiy, more hill and dale, and many 

 natural forests. Towards the out- 

 skirts of the settlers, wlio in this di- 

 rection do not extend more than about 

 200 miles, the property chiefly consists 

 of lavoge estaucias or grazing farms, 

 but neaiex town are many farms: at 

 these wheat produces very large returns 

 50, 60, and it is said even 80 for one. 

 Our landlord, who has a farm 5 leagues 

 to the South, tells me he sowed last 

 May, 6 fanegas of wlieat, in 6 quadras 

 of land, and expects in December and 

 January 



